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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

3,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 161

Accident at Balmain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 8

A man named Frederick Pukes (21), residing in Neidhardt, was admitted to the Balmain Cottage Hospital yesterday, suffering from severe injuries to the chest, the result of a scaffolding accident. He was working on…

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A Drowning Case

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 5

This morning at the Lloyd Hotel the City Coroner held an inquiry into the death of the man Santiago Barnel, whose body was found yesterday floating in Blackwattle Bay, near…

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The Missing Artist Found Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 2

The body of the Spaniard Santiago Baruel, 32, who has been missing from Glebe Point since Saturday night was yesterday found floating near Glebe Island Bridge by some boys, and the police…

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The Judgment in the Orizaba Collision Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 9

Following Is the judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Bucknill in the shore case:—"A very little porting on the part of the Orizaba would have avoided the colli[?] and so would going artern a very short time [?] than…

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Accidents in the Country

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 6

SINGLETON, Tuesday.—A young man named Alexander Adams was thrown from his horse on Sunday through the animal stumbling. He diad from his injuries yesterday. The medical…

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Peculiar Accident. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 6

An old shaft, 20 feet deep, was discovered by a teamster at a dangerous spot in the middle of the Bungonia-road yesterday. He put in a pole as a warning to travellers, but…

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Electric Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 10

The electric tram which leaves Redfern station at 10.41 a.m. collided yesterday with a dray in George-street, just opposite Hay-street. The vehicle was being driven by a man named Thomas Costigan, in the employ of James…

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Current News. Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 2

The foolhardiness of young ladies riding bicycles in crowded thoroughfares was fully exemplified in Church-st, Parranmtta, on Saturday night, when a cycliste, after…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday touching the death of Santiago Baruel (32), a Spaniard, whose body was found floating in Blackwattle Bay on Tuesday evening. Deceased…

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A Riding Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 5

GRAFTON, Wednesday.--A young man named Will. Gregor met with a fearfully sudden dentil this afternoon. He was riding home from South Grafton to Clarenza, when his horse, in going…

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A Mailboat in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 5

On her homeward voyage from the colonies the Orient R.M.S. Ormuz was in collision with the steamer Glasgow, which latter was gunk, fortunately, however, without loss of life. A report, dated…

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The Harbor Boating Fatality. Bodies Not Yet Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 7

In view of the many difficulties attending the work, the water police have abandoned dragging for the bodies of the late Mrs. Ralph Leigh and Mr. Charles Bell, who were drowned on Sunday afternoon through the capsizing…

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The Harbor Accident. Bodies Not Yes Recovered Difficulties of the Search

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 4

The work of searching for the bodies of the victims of last Sunday's harbor disaster, Mrs. Leigh and Mr. Bell, has not yet been attended with any success, and the police have now given up…

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Accident Near Bungendore

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 6

BUNGENDORE, Wednesday.—Messrs. Griffin and Miller, while coming in to Bungendore yesterday evening, were driving down a steep hill, seven miles from Bungendore, when the horse…

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Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 3

An accident occurred this morning, fortunately without serious results, but causing, much consternation among the passengers of the 8.15 tram from Leichhardt, which…

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Serious Accident in George-st

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 5

Inquiries at the Sydney Hospital this morning elicited the fact that Sir. W. T. Brown, of 8 Beattie-street, Balmain, was lying in that institution suffering from concussion of the…

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Accident to a Seaman

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 5

At a quarter-past 2 this morning William Ramsay, a seaman, member of the Seamen's Union, was getting up to go to his ship, when he fell down his own staircase, 12ft., and…

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Painful Buggy Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 7

Mr. W. T. Brown, watchmaker and jeweller, 8 Beattie street, Balmain, met with a painful accident whilst driving a horse and buggy along George-street last night. When near Hunter-street the horse ran into an electric…

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Accident at Gun Drill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 7

A young man named E. S. Swinburne (10), woolbuyer, residing at 217 George-street, was yesterday engaged with the Naval Brigade, of which he is a member, in gun drill, when a gun-carriage, weighing, it is said, 4cwt., fell on…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Dapto. Two Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--A sad accident happened at the Mullet Creek watering place, Brownsville, Dapto, yesterday afternoon, resulting in the drowning of a young woman and…

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